Letter: County should take action for children's well-being

Jan. 1, 2014

I am a family law attorney who practices in and around Larimer and Weld counties. I want to ask Larimer County social services how many bruises it takes before they will open a case on an offending parent.

I represent an individual whose ex-husband was found abusive by a court in Tennessee but persuaded Colorado to order the children back to Colorado where he has continued to abuse them. There have been two reports from the school about bruising on the children, and the guardian ad litem from Tennessee told Larimer County that he was very worried about the children and that “the judge who ordered the children back to Colorado should be in jail.” But Larimer County does nothing.

So, once again, how many bruises does it take before social services will do something?